The AVAM is America's national museum for self-taught, intuitive art. Opened by former psychiatric nurse and founder, Rebecca Hoffberger, AVAM takes pride in the fact that it is a "pretty un-museumy" museum. The museum strives to explore and expand the definition of what an artist is. Artwork displays are unconventional, including dryer parts morphed into a robot family, the Lusitania constructed out of 193,000 toothpicks, a former Guinness World Record holder's light bulbs, and aphorism-covered American flags made by a Georgia preacher. For more information: 410-244-1900
